In the current context, climate change is becoming a big challenge to the global development and therefore considered as a vital aspect of the civil society network. With aspirations to jointly combat climate change related problems, the network of Vietnamese Non-governmental organisations and Climate Change (VNGO&CC) was founded on 11th September 2008. Originally initiated by leading Vietnamese NGOs, including the Centre for Sustainable Rural Development (SRD), the Centre for Marinelife Conservation and Community Development (MCD), the Center for Environment Research, Education and Development (CERED) and the Institute for Social Studies (ISS), the network has become an open forum for its members in exchanging information, cooperation, and helping each other to connect to the National Assembly, governmental organisations and other social organisations and donor agencies.
VNGO&CC has operation in all field related to climate change. However, the network lays stress on the following five special topics
- Sustainable rural development group
- Marine and littoral life group
- Environment group
- Community health group
- Policy advocacy group